The Danish shipowner increased the capacity of its services serving Casablanca by 48%. It also revised its liaison planning and increased the operational margin for dealing with disruptions from 3 p.m. to 15 days.

Maersk has increased by 48% the maritime transport capacity deployed on its services through the port of Casablanca, Morocco. The announcement was made on 9 November 2026 by Ruben Moratinos, the commercial director of the shipowner for the Maghreb.

This increase is intended to meet the maritime transport demand of companies using the port for their import and export operations.

At the same time, the company reorganized its route planning to establish more regular weekly schedules. Maersk also states that it has increased from 15 hours to 15 days the time allowed in its operational arrangements to deal with possible incidents, including port congestion and disruptions of scheduled services.

This development is taking place in the context of the development of Moroccan industrial and commercial activities. Maersk cites in particular the automotive and aeronautical sectors, as well as investments in transport infrastructure and logistics platforms.

The company also mentions World Bank forecasts, which estimated Morocco's economic growth at 4.9 per cent in 2025 and 4.2 per cent in 2026.

The changes announced were welcomed by stakeholders in the logistics sector. Salih Zakaria, Managing Director of Ocean Bridge Shipping, stressed in particular the importance of reliability, flexibility and regularity of services, in addition to the available transport capacity.

For its part, El Mehdi Faouzi Zizi, d-Armada Logistics, described the increase in capacity to respond to the growth of demand and the needs of Moroccan foreign trade. Maersk recalls that its commercial relationship with Morocco dates back to 1925, with a first transport of Moroccan phosphates to European ports.